P.R. gov’t, FEMA announce agreement to expedite recovery fund allocations
March 26, 2019
From left: Mike Byrne, FEMA's acting Caribbean area division director for disaster operations in Puerto Rico and Omar Marrero, executive director of COR3. (Credit: Diego A. Cantor)
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In this episode of Dollar$ and $ense, we share with you information provided during a news conference in San Juan about the agreement reached between the Central Office of Recovery, Reconstruction and Resiliency (known as COR3) and FEMA for the review and reimbursement approval of federal recovery funds.
Heading the news conference were Omar Marrero, executive director of COR3, and Mike Byrne, FEMA’s acting Caribbean area division director for disaster operations in Puerto Rico.
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Business reporter with 29 years of experience writing for weekly and daily newspapers, as well as trade publications in Puerto Rico. My list of former employers includes Caribbean Business, The San Juan Star, and the Puerto Rico Daily Sun, among others. My areas of expertise include telecommunications, technology, retail, agriculture, tourism, banking and most other segments of Puerto Rico’s economy.
